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**Namefox** · 10-30-2009, 05:29 PM

While I am not a newbie I have a newbie question. I keep getting emails from someone apparently that is using my email address and is sending out Viagra emails. So I am assuming my email (info at wcig.ca) is being used to send out spam email or at least it is being made to look that way.

What can I do to stop this?

**PokerPie** · 10-31-2009, 10:10 AM

Not much as far as I know. There are ways to make it look like you are sending mail from support@google.com or anything if you want to. Thats how phishing scams get people.

**Namefox** · 10-31-2009, 02:33 PM

I $@$#$% hate this kind of crap...someone passing themselves off as my company using my emails to spam people with Viagra emails.

**HarrisonJ** · 11-05-2009, 11:14 PM

Yea there isn't much you can do. They do it to my emails too.

**theinvestor** · 11-06-2009, 12:13 AM

Have you pissed someone off lately?

**Namefox** · 11-06-2009, 12:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theinvestor

Have you pissed someone off lately?

LOL...not today at least

demaxxus · 11-06-2009, 08:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Namefox

While I am not a newbie I have a newbie question. I keep getting emails from someone apparently that is using my email address and is sending out Viagra emails. So I am assuming my email (info at wcig.ca) is being used to send out spam email or at least it is being made to look that way.

What can I do to stop this?

If you don't do it already, at the very minimum you should publish an SPF record for your domain, as well as set up DomainKeys/DKIM. Then if the spammer sends to an email provider that uses these methods for filtering incoming email, they'll see that their IP isn't allowed to send mail for your domain and their emails will be treated with more scrutiny.

It won't prevent this from happening, but it could definitely help.

**Namefox** · 11-06-2009, 11:09 AM

Thank you.

10-30-2009, 05:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
Namefox Namefox Last Online: Yesterday 04:18 PM iTrader: (96) Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,903 DNF$: 998 Location: US/Canada	Newbie question While I am not a newbie I have a newbie question. I keep getting emails from someone apparently that is using my email address and is sending out Viagra emails. So I am assuming my email (info at wcig.ca) is being used to send out spam email or at least it is being made to look that way. What can I do to stop this? __________________ Buyers always responsible for associated transfer costs. Freeze.ca is for sale. Since 2000. Contact me if interested.

10-31-2009, 10:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
PokerPie Platinum Lifetime Member Last Online: Yesterday 12:32 PM iTrader: (15) Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 451 DNF$: 20	Not much as far as I know. There are ways to make it look like you are sending mail from support@google.com or anything if you want to. Thats how phishing scams get people. __________________ Buying domains with traffic and revenue. Also buying quality .com poker domains.

10-31-2009, 02:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
Namefox Namefox Last Online: Yesterday 04:18 PM iTrader: (96) Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,903 DNF$: 998 Location: US/Canada	I $@$#$% hate this kind of crap...someone passing themselves off as my company using my emails to spam people with Viagra emails. __________________ Buyers always responsible for associated transfer costs. Freeze.ca is for sale. Since 2000. Contact me if interested.

11-05-2009, 11:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
HarrisonJ Platinum Lifetime Member Last Online: 11-12-2009 08:52 PM iTrader: (0) Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 10 DNF$: 10	Yea there isn't much you can do. They do it to my emails too. __________________ Starcraft 2 Strategy Guide - Become a Starcraft 2 Strategy Master

11-06-2009, 11:09 AM	#8 (permalink)
Namefox Namefox Last Online: Yesterday 04:18 PM iTrader: (96) Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,903 DNF$: 998 Location: US/Canada	Thank you. __________________ Buyers always responsible for associated transfer costs. Freeze.ca is for sale. Since 2000. Contact me if interested.

11-06-2009, 12:13 AM	#5 (permalink)
theinvestor Platinum Lifetime Member Last Online: Today 12:54 AM iTrader: (34) Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 3,293 DNF$: 0 Location: Toronto, Canada Country:	Have you pissed someone off lately?

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